I think what Larry was getting at was that the rotor is just reversed. Being
that it has a designed in offset from the pad contact area and its mounting
point when it is flipped over (but still mounted in the original position)
it offers more clearance for a steering arm to extend into (that is what you
ment, Larry???) Tom Witt B9470101
----- Original Message -----
From: "Theo Smit" <tsmit@shaw.ca>
To: "Larry Paulick" <larry.p@erols.com>
Cc: <BlueGolfer@aol.com>; <Veeseeoso@aol.com>;
<sosnaenergyconsulting@cox.net>; <garywinblad@attbi.com>;
<tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: Tiger Brake Upgrades
> Rob is right. If you mount something to the outside hub flange, and then
bolt the
> wheel to the outside of that, then the wheel has indeed moved outboard. In
my
> upcoming (for about a year and a half now) vented disc brake conversion,
I'm making
> aluminum hats that bolt to the inside of the hub, just like the stock
discs. The
> hats will have a Z shape to space the discs as far outboard as possible.
>
> Theo
>
> Larry Paulick wrote:
>
> > Rob, no this does not. The spindle and hub, with the mounting for the
wheel,
> > remain in the same place. It is just the mounting of the rotor on the
hub that
> > changes. In my case it is the mounting of the alum hat, then to the
rotor that
> > changes.
> >
> > The only change is the rotor position.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > BlueGolfer@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > <snip>> >
> > > One thing bothers me about this fix. The Tiger front wheels already
stick out
> > > further than the rear wheels. This makes them stick out further,
right?
> > >
> > > Rob
> > > Melbourne, FL
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